Searchindexer.exe ???? Help!!!!

[^..^ Lynn & Da Girls]

This process is now running at 99 percent all the time on my Dell Desktop.. I did an archive of my outlook 2003 and lost all of my mail and files.  So I tried a restore to the previous day hoping to replace and fix what I did. NOW all I get is this searchindexer application running constantly using all my resources and the puter is taking FOREVER to refresh and/or bring up applications.  Can I go into task and tell it to quite without screwing up my system even more?  Running XP Home on my Dell  with 2, 80 gig HD's and one gig memory.  I'm in the process of copying all my important files over to the 2nd HD in case I have to reformat.. bah!

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Lynn McClure
AngelHeart-Eskies * Seattle, WA
www.angelheart-eskies.com
www.rainbowspromise.net

[R. C. White]

Hi, Lynn.

I know of 3 ways to relieve the pain - but not to avoid it entirely.

1. Can you just let the Indexer run while you have dinner or something, or
overnight and finish your foreground job tomorrow?

2. You can run Task Manager and set the Priority for SearchIndexer.exe to
Below Normal or to Low.

3. You can tell Indexing Options to Modify your locations and stop indexing
some (or all) of your drives. Watch out for this one, though. It might
trigger a Rebuild of the Index, which puts you even further back than you
are now. And, of course, it will have to Rebuild when you start indexing
again on those drives.

During the Vista beta, this was a continual problem because we were
installing a new build of Vista every month or two, and the Index had to
start over every time. It seemed that we barely got the Index completed
before it was time to install a new build and start over. :>(

The good news, as you probably know, is that the service works quite well
and unobtrusively once the Index is complete.

Oh, if only Indexing Options had a Pause button!

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
r...@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"^..^ Lynn & Da Girls" <ang...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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[^..^ Lynn & Da Girls]

But I don't have Vista installed...only WinXP Home. I have installed Live
Deskstop however. This has been running all night and all day and is still
running. If I close it in task will I screw up my system even more?

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Lynn McClure
AngelHeart-Eskies * Seattle, WA
www.angelheart-eskies.com
www.rainbowspromise.net

"R. C. White" <r...@grandecom.net> wrote in message
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[^..^ Lynn & Da Girls]

Also, this is searchindexer.exe NOT Windows Search which is also a program I
saw in the task manager.

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Lynn McClure
AngelHeart-Eskies * Seattle, WA
www.angelheart-eskies.com
www.rainbowspromise.net

"^..^ Lynn & Da Girls" <ang...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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[R. C. White]

Hi, Lynn.

Oops! I keep forgetting that WLM also runs in WinXP - which I haven't run
in about a year. My mindset is Vista and WLM.

But SearchIndexer.exe is what my Vista is running. I didn't even know that
it would run in WinXP. Must be part of Windows Desktop Search, which I
never installed in WinXP. The Search is built into Vista and that's what I
thought you were having problems with.

Sorry for the bum steer. :^{

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
r...@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"^..^ Lynn & Da Girls" <ang...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Also, this is searchindexer.exe NOT Windows Search which is also a program
> I saw in the task manager.
>
> --
> Lynn McClure
> AngelHeart-Eskies * Seattle, WA
> www.angelheart-eskies.com
> www.rainbowspromise.net
> "^..^ Lynn & Da Girls" <ang...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:O1DHUayI...@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> But I don't have Vista installed...only WinXP Home. I have installed
>> Live Deskstop however. This has been running all night and all day and is
>> still running. If I close it in task will I screw up my system even
>> more?
>>
>> --
>> Lynn McClure

>> "R. C. White" <r...@grandecom.net> wrote in message

>> news:D02A8B11-62A9-4BBA...@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi, Lynn.
>>>
>>> I know of 3 ways to relieve the pain - but not to avoid it entirely.
>>>
>>> 1. Can you just let the Indexer run while you have dinner or something,
>>> or overnight and finish your foreground job tomorrow?
>>>
>>> 2. You can run Task Manager and set the Priority for SearchIndexer.exe
>>> to Below Normal or to Low.
>>>
>>> 3. You can tell Indexing Options to Modify your locations and stop
>>> indexing some (or all) of your drives. Watch out for this one, though.
>>> It might trigger a Rebuild of the Index, which puts you even further
>>> back than you are now. And, of course, it will have to Rebuild when you
>>> start indexing again on those drives.
>>>
>>> During the Vista beta, this was a continual problem because we were
>>> installing a new build of Vista every month or two, and the Index had to
>>> start over every time. It seemed that we barely got the Index completed
>>> before it was time to install a new build and start over. :>(
>>>
>>> The good news, as you probably know, is that the service works quite
>>> well and unobtrusively once the Index is complete.
>>>
>>> Oh, if only Indexing Options had a Pause button!
>>>
>>> RC
>>>

[^..^ Lynn & Da Girls]

Well, I've tried everything, I cannot get it to stop...I've even gone into
it and disabled it. I've tried to run a system restore back to a couple of
different days and it will not restore. Should I delete WLM and see if that
will correct the issue?

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Lynn McClure
AngelHeart-Eskies * Seattle, WA
www.angelheart-eskies.com
www.rainbowspromise.net

"R. C. White" <r...@grandecom.net> wrote in message

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[gardenerstouch]

Try the control panel. The Install/Uninstall Program Applet
should have the program listed there. Uninstall it!

"^..^ Lynn & Da Girls" <ang...@earthlink.net> wrote in message

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[^._.^ Lynn & Da Girls]

I just deleted all the live programs that I had installed and things seem back to normal.  I think I'll wait to reinstall when it's all working better.

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Lynn McClure
www.angelheart-eskies.com
www.rainbowspromise.net
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So kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly
and forgive quickly!

 

 

"Peter.R" <Pet...@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message news:70EB2E52-836E-4E56...@microsoft.com...

    Hi Lyn, it sounds to me like you have Windows Desktop Search (WDS) installed. If you see a magnifying glass icon in your System Tray (near the clock), then that is WDS. You can click on that icon to bring up an option menu, which includes 'Snooze Indexing', Indexing Status', and 'Windows Desktop Search Options'. I generally keep the 'Indexing Status' dialog box open, so I know what WDS is doing, and it can be Snoozed for different time intervals. However, if you explore the WDS Options, you will find a 'Modify' button that produces a dialog box which allows you to select or deselect what drives/folders are to be indexed. I have basically deselected everything except my WLMail Message Store folder, which amounts to less than 17,000 items.
    WDS is very useful with WLMail, so I would not think of uninstalling it myself.
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Cheers,
Peter
(Windows XP Pro SP2 with Windows Live Mail 12.0.1606)
"There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Shakespeare
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"^..^ Lynn & Da Girls" <ang...@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:unYf$31IIH...@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

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>> "^..^ Lynn & Da Girls" <ang...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>> news:eRLsynyI...@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> Also, this is searchindexer.exe NOT Windows Search which is also a
>>> program I saw in the task manager.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Lynn McClure
>>> AngelHeart-Eskies * Seattle, WA
>>> www.angelheart-eskies.com
>>> www.rainbowspromise.net

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>>> "^..^ Lynn & Da Girls" <ang...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>>> news:O1DHUayI...@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>> But I don't have Vista installed...only WinXP Home.  I have installed
>>>> Live Deskstop however. This has been running all night and all day and
>>>> is still running.  If I close it in task will I screw up my system even
>>>> more?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Lynn McClure

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>>>> "R. C. White" <r...@grandecom.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:D02A8B11-62A9-4BBA...@microsoft.com...

>>>>> Hi, Lynn.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know of 3 ways to relieve the pain - but not to avoid it entirely.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1.  Can you just let the Indexer run while you have dinner or
>>>>> something, or overnight and finish your foreground job tomorrow?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2.  You can run Task Manager and set the Priority for SearchIndexer.exe
>>>>> to Below Normal or to Low.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3.  You can tell Indexing Options to Modify your locations and stop
>>>>> indexing some (or all) of your drives.  Watch out for this one, though.
>>>>> It might trigger a Rebuild of the Index, which puts you even further
>>>>> back than you are now.  And, of course, it will have to Rebuild when
>>>>> you start indexing again on those drives.
>>>>>
>>>>> During the Vista beta, this was a continual problem because we were
>>>>> installing a new build of Vista every month or two, and the Index had
>>>>> to start over every time.  It seemed that we barely got the Index
>>>>> completed before it was time to install a new build and start over.
>>>>> :>(
>>>>>
>>>>> The good news, as you probably know, is that the service works quite
>>>>> well and unobtrusively once the Index is complete.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh, if only Indexing Options had a Pause button!
>>>>>
>>>>> RC

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